Define ‘Boom’ Please

While I’m linking to pieces on Apple’s CEO transition, here’s an annoying tidbit from Tripp Mickle and Karl Russell’s piece for The New York Times, under the headline “Tim Cook Was Very, Very Good at Making Money” (gift link):

Even though it has largely missed out on the artificial

intelligence boom now lifting the sales of its technology peers,

the company’s profits and stock value continue to grow.